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Belgian Royal Museum of Fine Arts

Belgium’s Royal Museum of Fine Arts (1875-81) is one of the largest and best art galleries in the world. The museum grew out of a collection first set up in 1797 and was (at first/before other things happened) housed in the former palace of Charles of Lorraine. This was moved (from one place to another) to the newly established Musees Royaux in 1846. The collection is divided into two parts: the Musee d’art ancien (Museum of Very old Art) with a famous collection of Flemishand Dutch Old Masters including works by Petrus Christus (PietÃ ), Rogier van der Weyden (TheSuffering (in sadness) of Christ), Dirk Bouts (Judgment of the Emperor Otto), Hans Memling, and aa fineDeep love of the Wise men by Gerard David; and the Musee d’art moderne (Museum ofModern Art), which has a range of mainly 19th- and 20th-century Belgian works.